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R. O. DANIEL. RIBBON GABINET.

APPLICATION FILED 001.22, 1912.

Patented Dec. 30, 1913.

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RIBBON-CABINET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 30, 1913.

Application filed October 22, 1912. Serial No. 727,182.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ROBERT O. DANIEL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Dodsonville, in the county of Collingsworth and State of Texas, have invented new and useful Improvements in Ribbon-Cabinets, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to cabinets and has for an object to provide a ribbon cabinet.

The invention embodies, among other features, a revoluble cabinet containing bolts of ribbon, with ends of the ribbon protruding from the cabinet for the purpose of exhibiting the difierent kinds of ribbons, the said cabinet being adapted to accommodate ribbons of various widths with mechanisms on the cabinet for denoting the amount of ribbon removed from each bolt and the amount of ribbon remaining on the bolt.

In the further disclosure of the invention reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, constituting a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference denote corresponding parts in all the views, and in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the cabinet; Fig. 2 is a horizontal sectional view showing the drawers mounted on the floor of the cabinet; Fig. 3 is a fragmentary vertical transverse sectional view showing the manner of mounting the cabinet so that the same can revolve; Fig. 4 is a fragmentary enlarged front elevation of one of the doors of the cabinet; Fig. 5 is a plan view showing the indicating mechanism; Fig. 6 is a fragmentary rear elevation of one of the doors of the cabinet showing the indicating mechanism; Fig. 7 is a vertical sectional view taken on the line 77 in Fig. 6; Fig. 8 is a vertical sectional view taken on the line 88 in Fig. 6; and Fig. 9 is a perspective view of the ribbon bolt holder.

Referring more particularly to the views, use is made of a base 10 provided with an upwardly extending pivot 11 upon which is revolubly seated a box 12, preferably of a rectangular shape and having a series of doors 13 mounted to swing thereon, the said doors constituting the sides of the box 12. Drawers 14, provided with transparent front sides 15, are mounted to slide in guideways 16 on a floor 17 of the box 12, as shown substantially in Fig. 2, one drawer being provided for each side of the box, with the drawers arranged immediately beneath the doors 13, as shown. Each of the doors 13 are provided with a series of slots 18, of varying widths, suit-able numerals 19 being placed adjacent the slots 18 to denote the particular kind or size of ribbon that is to protrude therefrom, numerals 20 being also mounted adjacent the slots 18 to denote the price per yard of the ribbon protruding from the slot.

A bolt holder 21 is provided in the rear of each slot 18, the bolt holders being mounted on the rear faces of the doors 13 and adapted to revolubly receive bolts of ribbon 22. Each bolt holder 21 comprises a U-shaped frame 23 which is rigidly secured to the rear face of the door 13 with one of the ends of the frame 23 terminating in a laterally extending pin 24 adapted to extend into the bolt of ribbon 22, the other end of the frame 23 being provided with a notch 25 which receives a rod 26 secured to the bolt of ribbon 22 and extendin from one end thereof, a locking member 2% being mounted to swing on the frame 23 and provided with a notch 28 which encircles the rod 26 when the locking member is moved into locked position, thus locking the bolt of ribbon 22 upon the bolt holder 21.

Rollers 29, 30 are journaled on the bolt holder 21 and an end of the bolt of ribbon 22 is passed between the said rollers, an actuating member 31 being keyed or otherwise secured to an end of the roller 29 and adapted to engage prongs 32 of a wheel 33 secured to a shaft 34 journaled on the door and a supporting frame 35 secured to the door, with the front end of the shaft 34 passing through the door and projecting from the front side thereof to receive a pointer 36 revoluble with the shaft 34 and operable over the dial 37 mount-ed on the front face of the door adjacent the slot through which an end of the bolt of ribbon 22 is passed, the mentioned dial 37 being provided with a series of numerals 38 designating yards or fractions thereof. A second shaft 39 is journaled on the door 13 and the supporting frame 35, the said second shaft having secured thereto a pronged wheel 40 adapted to be engaged by a finger 41 projecting from the shaft 34, the front end of the shaft 39 being extended through the door which projects from the front face thereof and provided with a pointer 42 movable with the shaft 39 and operable over a dial 43 mounted on the front face of the door adjacent the dial 37, the dial 43 being provided with numerals 44 indicating the total number of yards of ribbon on the bolt of ribbon 22, it being readily seen that by mounting the wheel 40 in the manner mentioned and so that the wheel will be engaged by the finger 41 at each revolution of the shaft 34, the pointer 42 will indicate upon the dial 43 the number of yards of ribbon remaining on the bolt 22 after a certain quantity of ribbon has been removed therefrom, whereas the dial 37 together with the pointer 36 will indicate the amount of ribbon removed from the bolt of ribbon 22, the shaft 34 being revoluble when the actuating member 31 engages one of the prongs 32 of the wheel 35. It will thus be necessary for the shaft 34 to make a complete revolution before the finger 41 will engage one of the prongs of the wheel 40 and rotate the shaft 39. 7

It will now be seen that the shaft 34 will rotate in one direction and the shaft 39 in the opposite direction in order to prevent the shafts 34 and 39 from rotating in directions contrary to their proper rotation, a spring-like dog 45 is mounted to swing between the shafts 34 and 39, with ends 46, 47 of the dog 45 engaging and operating over ratchet teeth 48, 49 formed on the respective shafts 34, 39, thus preventing the shafts 34, 39 from rotating in directions contrary to the proper rotation.

A spring-like brake shoe 50 is mounted on the bolt holder 21 and includes a plate 51 which abuts against the bolt of ribbon 22 to prevent the bolt from unwinding too freely when a pull is exerted on the free end of the ribbon, the said end of the ribbon having been previously passed through the slot in front of the bolt holder 21. Suitable locks are provided for the doors 13 and the drawers 14 are adapted to contain ribbons of small widths, such as baby ribbon and the like.

It will now be seen that the ends of the bolts of ribbons 21, mounted in the box 12, will project from the slots 18 in the doors 13 of the box, thus exhibiting the various kinds of ribbons that are contained in the box, to the prospective purchaser. Now as.- suming that the purchaser desires a certain amount of ribbon of a particular grade, denoted by thenumeral 19 and of a price denoted by the numeral 20, the operator or person in charge of the cabinet exerts a pull on the free protruding end of the bolt of ribbon 22 and as the ribbon is unwound from the bolt, the rotation of the rod 26 will result in a rotation of the actuating member 31, which in turn will engage one of the prongs 32 of the wheel 33, thus operating the pointer 36 over the dial 37 to indicate the number of yards or fraction of a yard of ribbon that are removed from the bolt of ribbon 22. Each time that a yard of ribbon is removed from the bolt of ribbon, the shaft 34 will make a complete revolution, thus causing the finger 41 to engage the pronged wheel 40 of the shaft 39 and rotate the same, thus in turn operating the pointer 42 over the dial 43 to indicate on the dial that a yard of ribbon has been removed from the bolt of ribbon 22.

By mounting the box 12 upon the base 10 in the manner mentioned heretofore, the box can be readily revolved to exhibit the various kinds of ribbons mounted therein and by providing the numerals 19 and 20 on the faces of the doors 13 adjacent to the slots 18 having particular grades and kinds of ribbon projecting therethrough, the prospective purchaser can readily determine the kind of ribbon that is desired and the price thereof per yard, and the operator in a moment can determine whether there is a sufficient number of yards of ribbon remaining in the cabinet by gazing at the dial 43 and which, in connection with the pointer 42, indicates the number of yards of ribbon remaining on the bolt of ribbon 21 in the box 12, as mentioned heretofore. By providing the locking member 27, the bolt of ribbon 22 is revolubly retained upon the bolt holder 21 and by mounting the locking member 27 in the manner mentioned heretofore,- a new bolt of ribbon 22 can be readily mounted on the bolt holder 21 without necessitating the entire removal of the bolt holder 21 from the rear face of the door 13.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

1. In a ribbon cabinet, the combination with a box having doors forming sides thereof and provided with slots, of bolt holders 4 supported on the inner faces of the said doors and adaptedto revolubly support bolts of ribbon, with the ends of the ribbon passing through slots in the said doors to the exterior of the said box, rollers journaled on the said bolt holders with the said ribbon passing between the same, andmeans engaging the ribbon adjacent the bolts to prevent the accidental unwinding of the ribbon from the bolts.

2. In a ribbon cabinet, the combination 1 with a box having doors forming sides thereof and provided with slots, of bolt holders supported on the inner faces of the said doors and adapted to revolubly support bolts of ribbon,- with the ends of the ribbon pass ing through slots in the said doors to the ex- In testimony whereof I afiix my signature terior of the said box, rollers journaled on in presence of two Witnesses. the said bolt holders With the said ribbon passing between the same, and a brake shoe ROBERT DANIEL 5 engaging the ribbon adjacent the bolts to Witnesses:

prevent the accidental unwinding of the rib- L. A. RoLLINos,

bon from the bolts. R. B. SELF.

Contes of this patent may he obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, I). G. 

